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Moving - Reston, Virginia

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A Brief History of Reston, Virginia

1649	England's King Charles II deeds vast Northern VA holdings -- including what is now Reston -- to seven of his supporters.
1852	Reginald Fairfax, descendant of original owners, sells land which includes Reston for $5.00 an acre.
1886	What will become Reston auctioned off. Divided by W&O railroad (which in the late twentieth century will become a hiking & biking trail) -- land to the south goes to William Dunn, that to the north to Dr. Carl Wiehle.
1892	Dr. Wiehle drafts plans for a Utopian new town.
1897	Wiehle is incorporated. (Revoked, 1990)
1927	A. Smith Bowman from Kentucky buys 4,000 acres in never-established town; renamed Sunset Hills Farm.
1934	With Prohibition's end, Bowman begins sale of Virginia Gentleman bourbon from the distillery on his property.
1947	Farm expanded by 3,000 acres, becomes largest in Northern VA.
1961	Robert E. Simon invests money and dreams to purchase all but the farm's main house and distillery to begin a New Town on 6,750 acres.
1962	Fairfax County Board of Supervisors passes Residential Planned Community (RPC) zoning to make Reston possible. Nationwide imitation will follow.